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dle of a nationwide lockdown and League One game in the stadium
fans everywhere were banned from they had helped build.
attending football matches. Cherry Red Records Stadium
Empty stadium Our ground was almost full to its
The teams were playing in an emp- new 9,000 capacity, the opponents
ty stadium with only cardboard were Bolton Wanderers and the
cut-outs of our fans perched in game was a 3-3 thriller. Within
their seats – a reminder, at least, seconds, The Cherry Red Records
of the very people who had made Stadium was awash with the chant
the moment possible. Instead of “A-F-C Wim-ble-don” as our fans
rapturous, the atmosphere felt an- put their stamp on their new sur-
ticlimactic, eerie and even surreal. roundings.
AFC Wimbledon fans New chapter
It wasn’t how it should have been We were home and yet another
and it wasn’t until August 14, new chapter in our incredible his-
2021, that AFC Wimbledon fans tory was just beginning…
were allowed into Plough Lane for
the first time to see a competitive

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